Petition of Ephraim Williams

Petition subject: King George's War Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855868 Date of creation: 1741-03-25 Petition location: Stockbridge Selected signatures:Ephraim WilliamsJohn SergeantTimothy WoodbridgeJosiah JonesEphraim BrownJohn PohpnekonauwohAaron SonkewenaukheekDavid NaunaunekaunuckPohknaupeetJocom YoconSolomon Waunaubauquus Actions taken on dates: 1741-04-03,1741-04-04 Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the House on April 3, 1741 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on April 4, 1741 Total signatures: 11 Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 11 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants in Stockbridge, in the name of the rest, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Stockbridge-Munsee Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library. Additional archivist notes: prospect of a French War, frontiers, enemy, Canada, paternal care, fortifications, garrisons, defense, scouts, block house, buildings, neutrality, Boston, Canada, Housatonic River, armed forces, military, soldiers, veterans, John Pohpnehonnuwoh, John Pohpnehonauwoh, John Konkapot, Aaron Umpachene, Naunaunekennuk, David Naunaunekennuk, David Naunauneekaunuck, Pohquunnupeet, Pohquonnoppeet, Jehoiakim Yokun, Solomon Wannanpaugus, Josiah Willard, John Quincy, Jonathan Belcher, John Sergeant Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, pages 308-309